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Band Singer
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by
Garry Stevens with Stephen C. Fratallone
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This is the story of Garry Stevens. He refers to himself as the oldest living self-taught band singer in the business who is still singing. Stevens sang with the bands of Charlie Spivak and Tex Beneke during the 1940s, and went on to host his own musical television variety show throughout the 1950s.
As a band singer, Stevens recorded a number of chart-topping tunes. In a Billboard poll conducted in 1942, he was listed as one of the top four male vocalists to sing with bands, trailing Frank Sinatra, Dick Haymes, and Bob Eberly. In 1948, during his stint with Beneke, Stevens once again took top honors in another Billboard poll of favorite male band vocalists, following Vaughn Monroe, Don Cornell, and Stuart Foster.
As a pioneer performer in the early days of television, Stevens became a popular fixture in the Albany-Schenectady, New York-area for nine years. His stories about the challenges of doing live television are not only interesting but extremely entertaining.
Whether he was performing on the bandstand during the heyday of the Big Band Era or in front of a camera during television's "Golden Age," Stevens was there, "in the trenches," making it happen.
Stevens continues to make things happen on the bandstand. He remains active during his "twilight years" by singing with local big bands based throughout Northern California, and serves as a mentor to the Benicia High School Jazz Band in Benicia, California. Stevens and his wife, Judy, reside in Benicia. |
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